Can’t tell you how many races I go to where the slow runners and hobby joggers slow down the faster people esp at start
Come on folks
Please don’t overseed yourself and put yourself in front
It just slows down the field at the start
I spend like 20 mins at big races dealing with slower runners who seeded themselves up front getting in my way slowing me down
It’s fing frustrating
Thx
Is this your first race? Anyone who runs fast and has ever run a road race knows this. Get your ass up front and don't worry about it.
20 minutes? You should have been finished with your 5K 5 minutes ago or nearing on mile 4 of your marathon by then.
0/10
I've literally run hundreds of races and can literally count on one hand the times I have been slightly impeded.
You haven’t raced recently. The front line is populated with small children and tough guys who try to pick a fight if you push your way in.
Recent Racer wrote:
You haven’t raced recently. The front line is populated with small children and tough guys who try to pick a fight if you push your way in.
I ask all the kids who is going to win the race and just line up behind the one that thinks it will be him. How hard is it to pass one person 2 minutes into the race?
You wuss. There is no whining in running. Get to race earlier and you can be first in line. No one is rolling out a red carpet for you and letting you arrive as late as 'you' like and still be first in line. In other words, if you want elite status run as fast as an elite. But you are not, so arrive an hour earlier.
Not guilty brah. I was at the back, finger banging your fat wife.
Not guilty brah wrote:
Not guilty brah. I was at the back, finger banging your fat wife.
You mean that tranny your daddy married 2nd time around.
What do you think those strides before the race are for? Surely not to warm up. Do the last one right before the start so you are in front of the start line and they have to let you squeeze in!!
Been racing for 40 years. Starts at local races are absolutely crazy these days. My take is that race "directors" have NO clue about basic race safety because of the sheer number of charity races and the inexperience of organizers. So many kids now on the starting line who sprint out for 50-100 meters and then STOP right in front of you!
The only way I see an improvement is to speak to the RD just before the start to ask her to make an announcement for slower runners to move back... but that doesn't always work either.
If a race has waves and you aren't a hobby jogger then this shouldn't be a problem because you can just go in the elite wave with the other good runners.
If the race doesn't have waves then you can just walk up near the front and n.o one will say anything.
The only place this would ever be a problem is hobby jogger races like Turkey Trots and Color runs.
The only people who ever struggle with this sort of thing are the really weird neurotic runners that nobody likes. We are talking about the guys who post all caps angry descriptions of what went wrong on their Strava runs once a week about problems that no one else ever seems to have.
ALL THE CARS WERE SWERVING TOWARD ME ON MY RUN!!! THEY NEED TO LEARN TO FOLLOW THE 4 FOOT RULE! CALLED THE COPS; DID NOTHING!
Four types up front over their heads at start of road races: 1) Corporate CEO's/lion of the universe types; 2) cross-fit/body builders; 3) some eleven year old kids; 4) some men hating women who are not going to let men tell them anything.
Thank you for speaking up on this
I started running road races along with Xc track indoors and outdoors
Early 1970’s
It wasn’t crazy like it is nowadays
The ones that sprint ahead of you then stop are the worst
Along with the strollers
I gues I got to be pushy and get on the line earlier
When I started you had to write your number with a marker on a piece of cardboard or paper then pin it to your shirt
The only time it's ever been an issue for me is when I ran the Bay-to-Breakers. It's impossible to start anywhere near the front or to pass anyone. I was forced to run 12-minute mile pace except for going up the hill when we ran a 16-minute mile. A jogger from my office was able to beat me by running on the sidewalk and dodging parking meters.